Welfare to Work

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were enrolled in welfare-to-work schemes (a) in total and (b) in each programme at the start of (i) 2010-11 and (ii) each of the previous five financial years.

Chris Grayling: Following tables contain information on provision starts for the main welfare-to-work schemes for the last six financial years. It should be noted that information on every welfare-to-work scheme is not collected centrally and doing so would incur disproportionate costs. Therefore the following data only covers the key welfare-to-work schemes.
	Welfare-to-work schemes have been split into three categories; Intensive support; Less intensive support; and Jobcentre Plus led.
	Intensive Support
	
		
			 New Deal   p  rogrammes (spells in thousand) 
			  New Deal for young p  eople New Deal for 25 p  lus 
			 2005-06 168.53 82.01 
			 2006-07 186.50 104.80 
			 2007-08 166.22 124.98 
			 2008-09 195.40 102.69 
			 2009-10 191.79 79.90 
			 April 2010 to November 2010 33.13 39.81 
		
	
	
		
			 Flexible New Deal 
			 Financial year Starts 
			 2008-09 n/a 
			 2009-10 149,820 
			 April 2010 to January 2011 205,750 
			 Total 355,570 
		
	
	
		
			 Emplo  yment z  ones (spells in thousand) 
			  18 to 24-year-olds Lone parents Aged 25 plus 
			 2005-06 8.16 9.08 18.99 
			 2006-07 9.21 15.51 21.20 
		
	
	
		
			 2007-08 9.30 16.81 22.12 
			 2008-09 10.06 18.19 19.84 
			 2009-10 6.63 10.77 13.74 
			 April 2010 to October 2010 2.37 5.12 7.15 
		
	
	Welfare to Work schemes—less intensive support
	
		
			 New Deal programmes (spells in thousand) 
			  New Deal for disabled people 
			 2005-06 70.58 
			 2006-07 63.41 
			 2007-08 56.97 
			 2008-09 36.94 
			 2009-10 36.00 
			 April 2010 to November 2010 22.45 
		
	
	
		
			 Provide led pathways to work 
			 Financial year Starts 
			 December 2007 to March 2008 50,300 
			 2008-09 272,330 
			 2009-10 192,450 
			 April 2010 to July 2010 37,560 
			 Total 552,640 
		
	
	Welfare to work schemes—Jobcentre Plus led
	
		
			 New Deal programmes (spells in thousand) 
			  New Deal for lone parents New Deal for 50 plus New Deal for partners 
			 2005-06 155.30 24.17 2.29 
			 2006-07 134.36 16.98 2.25 
			 2007-08 184.70 11.73 2.03 
			 2008-09 186.49 9.26 2.18 
			 2009-10 143.03 6.25 2.25 
			 April 2010 to November 2010 113.10 3.43 1.69 
		
	
	
		
			 Jobcentre Plus Pathways 
			 Financial year Starts 
			 2005-06 124,250 
			 2006-07 307,100 
			 2007-08 337,130 
			 2008-09 302,990 
			 2009-10 323,620 
			 April 2010 to July 2010 101,220 
			 Total 1,606,910

Audit Commission: Government Procurement Card

Eric Ollerenshaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 26 April 2011, Official Report, column 195W, on the Government Procurement Card, which Audit Commission transactions on the Government Procurement Card in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 were made by each director and board member of the Commission.

Bob Neill: This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the chief executive of the Audit Commission to respond to my hon. Friend direct.
	Letter from Eugene Sullivan, dated 10 May 2011
	Your Parliamentary Question has been passed to me to reply.
	The following table lists transactions made on the Government Procurement Card for 2008/09 and 2009/10 by the Audit Commission's Chief Executive and Chairman. No other directors or Commissioners hold cards.
	No transactions were made between January and March 2010.
	
		
			 Transaction d  ate Supplier Amount   (£) 
			 Chairman   
			 2008   
			 27 October Newquay Airport 5.00 
			 6 November British AIRW1252449202641 -191.50 
			 12 November B A Int-Dom 1252451231894 349.80 
			 12 November Newquay Airport 5.00 
		
	
	
		
			 19 November B A Int-Dom 1252451458879 6.00 
			 19 November Transpennine Exprs Radisson Edwardian 2.90 
			 12 December Manchester 156.95 
			 17 December St Martins on the Isle 125.00 
			    
			 2009   
			 29 January The Cinnamon Club 230.29 
			 19 May Air France 0572181224177 88.76 
			 19 May www.Flybe.COCW3042 44.48 
			 24 June Corinthia Towers Hotel 528.37 
			 02 July WP-Mal Maison Limi 84.00 
			    
			 Chief executive   
			 2008   
			 29 September www.Ibahn.Com 15.00 
			 9 October Hospitality Services 15.00 
			 10 November Southern 22.80 
			 19 November Nat Express E Cst 53.00 
			 4 December Sofitel St. James 73.69 
			 4 December Fredericks 108.56 
			 8 December Hilton Hotel 206.05 
			 9 December Sofitel St. James 114.75 
			 11 December Fredericks 153.79 
			 12 December Marriott 35.60 
			 12 December Coq D'Argent 112.16 
			 15 December Jurys Birmingham 429.90 
			 16 December Indigo Restaurant 107.94 
			 18 December Lescargot 605.03 
			 18 December Sherpherd’s 105.75 
			 19 December Portland Spa Hotel 166.87 
			 19 December The Butlers Wharf Chop 147.54 
			 21 December Crowne Plaza 133.99 
			 22 December Holiday Inns 259.25 
			    
			 2009   
			 29 January Arbutus Restaurants Lt 94.84 
			 29 January Bank Restaurant B001 94.56 
			 29 January Bank Restaurant B001 82.35 
			 29 January Bonds Restaurant and Bar 85.33 
			 29 January OXO Tower Restaurant 101.53 
			 29 January Quirinale Ltd 122.63 
			 29 January Quirinale Ltd 108.00 
			 29 January Quirinale Ltd 101.25 
			 29 January Roussillon 497.89 
			 24 April Parliamentary Book Shop 45.00 
			 5 May Quirinale 240.19 
			 15 May Coq D'Argent 90.00 
			 11 June Le Cafe Anglais 108.06 
			 19 June The Don 109.46 
			 29 June Shepherd’s 98.44 
			 30 June Swisscom Internet 60.00 
			 22 July Albannack 92.81 
			 5 August Islington Pay and Display 7.30 
			 23 September Marriott 15.00 
			 24 September Hakkasan 91.76 
			 25 September Shepherd’s 73.13 
			 1 October Hilton Hotel 90.45 
			 1 October Hilton Hotel 3.95 
		
	
	
		
			 5 October Virgin (WC) Trains 193.50 
			 6 October The Olive Press (Manchester) 52.00 
			 8 October Jurys Manchester 620.00 
			 21 October Hotel Du Vin 74.69 
			 22 October Hilton 121.80 
			 22 October Holiday Inns 29.20 
			 29 October Sofitel St. James 96.75 
			 2 November Quirinale 87.69 
			 29 December Parliamentary Book Shop 59.35